Supporting member for signs and notices.



J. DRAYCOTT.

SUPPORTING MEMBER FOR SIGNS AND NOTICES.

APPLIGATION FILED MAR. za, 1914.

1,1 1 1 ,142. Patented sept. 22, 1914'.

IN VEN TOR.

WITNESSEW l@ @Rm/MIB A. BY

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JOHN nRaYcorr, or TORONTO, ONTARIQOANADA.

SUPPORTING MEMBER FOR SIGNS AND NOTICES.

`Specifcat'on of Letters lPatent.I

Patented Sept. `22 1914.

Application filed March 23', 1914. Serial No. 826,533. v

To all whom t may concern: y

Be it known that I, JOHN DRAYOOTT, a

I subject of the King of Great Britain, of the the glass in section,

city-of Toronto, county of York, Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supporting Members for Signs and Notices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention'relates to improvements in supporting members for signs and notices, and the object of my invention is to provide a particular' construction of supporting member for the purpose set forth which will obviate any danger of a person breaking, for instance, a pane of glass by exerting thereagainst too much pressure in order to secure the said supporting member thereto, and the construction of my invention, will be hereinafter more particularly set forth, and what I claim as new will be pointed out in the claim forming part of this specification.

Figure l is a front elevation of my preferred form of supporting means showing the same provided with a sign in the form of letters secured thereto, the said supporting means being attached to a pane of glass a portion of which is illustrated. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the sign illustrated in Fig. l, and the supporting means therefor, showing and Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a modified form of supporting means showing the letters of the sign cut therein, showing the same adapted to removably of fare.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each ligure.

In putting my invention into practice I utilize the vacuum cups A which are made of rubber, or rubber compound, and these cups are secured by rivets B or equivalent means to the supporting member C which is preferably made of metal. In Figs. 1 and 2 the supporting member C is shown as carried by the pane of glass D. In Figs. l and 2 three letters are shown as riveted to the supporting member C composing the word tin. Any suitable type of letters may be employed and it is immaterial whether they be stamped from the member C as illustrated in Fig. 3, or riveted thereto as illussupport printed signs, such as bills tratedin Figs. 1 `and 2. The supporting member C may be of any desired shape.

he vacuum cups are preferably moistened, and when they are applied to the surface of the support decided upon for the sign, and pressed against said surface, the result is that the said cups ultimately become attached to the supporting body and consequently support the supporting member' C and the sign carried thereby.

In order to prevent a careless person crushing in a pane of glass, for instance, when the same is particularly thin, when attaching the supporting member thereto, I construct the supporting member in the vicinity where the vacuum cups are held so as to absorb considerable of the pressure exerted against said vacuum cups. The ends of said supporting member are provided with inner and outer folds 2 and 3 which overlap the supporting member C.

Since the supporting member C will be preferably will be understood that in applying said supporting member to the designed support therefor, pressure will necessarily be exerted against the folds 3. This pressure will be communicated through the folds 2 to the supporting member C and thence to the vacuum cups. The pressure in question will move the said folds together more or less, and the said folds will by reason of the natural resiliency in the metal composing the said supporting member, assume normal position when said pressure is removed. The outer folds 3 are used chiefly for the purpose of permitting a finished and neat appearance being given to the supporting member C. From the foregoing it will be understood that the function performed by the said folds is to absorb undue pressure exerted against the vacuum cups A for the purpose specified.

IVhile I have described what I consider to be the best embodiments of my invention, I desire it to be understood that the principle can be embodied in dierent forms and I desire not to be limited beyond the requirements of the prior art and the terms of my claim.

What I claim as my invention is:

As a new article of manufacture, a metal supporting member for `signs or notices; vacuum cups attached thereto and projectmade of metal of a light gage, it

ing beyond one'sidethereof, and folded retoWard said snpportingmember 'in order yto 10 silient portions, spaced apart from each absorb energy as said Vacuum oups are being other and extending from the ends of the positioned, as set forth. supporting member to `overlie thel front In testimonygwhereoff have afliXed my 5 thereof in alinement With the points of at-` signature inl presence of tWo Witnesses.

tachment of said Vacuum oups; said folded y JOHN DRAYCOTT.

portions being spaced apart from said sup- Witnesses.: portngfmember and extending substantially v EGERTON R. CASE, parallel thereto and designed to be moved OLIVE M.BURK1NSHAW.

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